Live Auction 5992Christie's Interiors
Dame Laura Knight, D.B.E., R.A., R.W.S. (Derbyshire 1877-1970)
Lot 272

Dame Laura Knight, D.B.E., R.A., R.W.S. (Derbyshire 1877-1970)

Sheep and lambs in a field (recto) and study of a goat (verso)

Closed12 April 2011

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GBP 4,750

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Dame Laura Knight, D.B.E., R.A., R.W.S. (Derbyshire 1877-1970)
Sheep and lambs in a field (recto) and study of a goat (verso)
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, on paper
14 x 16 in. (35 x 40.6 cm.)

J.G. Lyon, 1905 and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This unique watercolour was painted a number of years before Knight developed her more mature style associated with the watercolours executed in Cornwall.

This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being compiled by Dame Laura Knight's great-nephew, R. John Croft, F.C.A.